Tamarack’s GlideWear helps kids with painful skin condition

Photo by Alison Bents Photography for Tamarack Habilitation Technologies, Inc.

A company that makes ultra-low-friction fabric for people with burn injuries, amputations and pressure sores has launched a clothing line for children with a painful skin condition.

Known as “butterfly children,” these patients have epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare genetic disorder in which their bodies do not produce a protein that would enable the skin to adhere to itself. Their extremely fragile skin blisters and tears from minor friction or trauma, making it seem as fragile as the wings of a butterfly.

When officials with low-friction fabric maker Tamarack Habilitation Technologies, Inc. (Blaine, Minn.) learned of a local child who had EB in 2015, they began working with the little girl and her family to develop clothing that would protect her knees, elbows and armpits, all high-friction areas.

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